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Friday Night Lights Forecast: Clear Skies and a Low-40s Fourth Quarter
How cold will it be at Friday night high school football games in the Columbus GA area?
Friday night is dry and clear across the Valley, with 49 degrees around kickoff in Columbus and 43 in Greenville and LaFayette, falling to the low 40s by the fourth quarter.
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Friday night is the first real coat night of the season. Skies will be clear or mostly clear from Hogansville to Eufaula, rain chances are at zero everywhere, and temperatures around kickoff run from 43 to 49 degrees depending on which town you are in. With clear air and only a light breeze, the ground gives up its heat quickly after sunset, so expect a steady slide of three or four degrees between kickoff and the fourth quarter at nearly every stadium in the viewing area.
The coldest stands will be in Greenville and in LaFayette, Alabama. Around Greenville High it will be 43 degrees around kickoff and down to 40 by the fourth quarter — the only place in the area that gets to the 30s before the lights go out is nowhere on this list, but 40 on an aluminum bleacher feels colder than 40 on a sidewalk. In LaFayette, where LaFayette and Chambers Academy play, it is also 43 at kickoff and 41 late. Just up the road in Valley, home of Valley and Beulah, look for 44 and 41.
Manchester is the place where the wind matters. Around Manchester High it will be 45 degrees around kickoff with a 15 mph breeze, the strongest anywhere in the area, which will make it feel sharper than the number suggests. Everywhere else is running at 10 mph or less, and Auburn, where Auburn High and Lee-Scott play, is nearly calm at 5 mph and 45 degrees, easing only to 43.
The warmest seats are in Columbus. At Kinnett Stadium and A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium, where Shaw, Hardaway, Columbus, Spencer, Kendrick, Jordan, Carver, Northside, Calvary Christian, Pacelli and Brookstone play their games, it will be 49 degrees around kickoff and 45 by the fourth quarter. The same goes for Chattahoochee County in Cusseta, Randolph Clay in Cuthbert and Quitman County in Georgetown, all at 49 and 45.
In between: LaGrange, Troup County and LaGrange Academy see 45 at kickoff and 42 late, with Callaway in Hogansville a degree cooler at the end at 41. Opelika and Beauregard sit at 45 and 42. Central-Phenix City and Lanett and Springwood get 47 and 43. Smiths Station and Glenwood, Harris County in Hamilton, Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Loachapoka and Notasulga all land near 46 and 43. Russell County in Seale and Eufaula High both reach 46 before settling to 42, and Barbour County in Clayton goes 44 to 42. Across the middle Georgia counties — Marion County in Buena Vista, Stewart County in Lumpkin, Taylor County in Butler, Schley County in Ellaville, Webster County in Preston — it is 48 around kickoff and 44 by the end.
What to bring: a real jacket, not a hoodie, plus a blanket if you sit on metal. Humidity in the 50s and 60s with clear skies means no rain gear at all. And if you are standing on a sideline in Manchester or Greenville, add gloves.
Friday night, school by school
Around kickoff → by the fourth quarter, on each school’s own clock.
No school or town by that name in the viewing area.
Central time in Alabama, Eastern in Georgia. Start times vary; check with the school. Forecast: National Weather Service.
Right now in Columbus, Georgia
61°Temperature
42°Dew point
49%Humidity
5 mphWind — west
30.09"Pressure
The next seven days
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TONIGHT
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45°
0%
Partly Cloudy
TUE
77°
48°
1%
Mostly Sunny
WED
75°
53°
5%
Sunny
THU
72°
41°
5%
Mostly Sunny
FRI
60°
35°
0%
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SAT
60°
34°
0%
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SUN
64°
38°
3%
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Written by the CNAW2 weather desk from CNAW2 weather desk data. Last updated November 9, 2026 at 7:43 PM Eastern. Covering Columbus and Phenix City, Auburn–Opelika, LaGrange, Eufaula and the rest of the 19-county CNAW viewing area.
